Chapter 7 Part 1 : Mole concept Flashcards
What makes up the mass of an atom?
- The mass of an atom consists of mainly particles in the nucleus (protons and neutrons) since electrons have very small masses compared to both neutrons and protons.
Where can the mass of an atom of elements/nucleon numbers of an element be found?
- The mass of an atom of most elements/nucleon numbers of an element, can be found in the periodic table.
- This value corresponds to the relative atomic mass of the element.
How can we determine the relative atomic masses of elements in the periodic table?
- The relative atomic masses of all elements in the periodic table are determined by comparing the masses of their atoms to 1/12 the mass of a carbon-12 atom.
What is the relative atomic mass (e.g. Ar)?
- Relative atomic mass is defined as the average mass of one atom of an element compared to 1/12 the mass of a carbon-12 atom.
- E.g. A sodium atom is 23 times heavier than 1/12 of a carbon-12 atom. Hence it has a relative atomic mass of 23.
Do atomic masses have any units?
- No, this is because relative atomic masses is/are a ratio (a ratio does not have any units).
Are all of the relative atomic masses in the periodic table while numbers?
- NOT all of the relative atomic masses in the periodic table are whole numbers because the presence of isotopes.
How is the relative atomic mass(es) of the elements determined?
- The relative atomic masses of the elements in the periodic ta le determined using the average atomic masses of their isotopes.
What is the sum of the relative abundance of all isotopes of an element?
- The sum of the relative abundance (ratio of the total number of species in an area to the total population of all species) of all isotopes of an element is 100%, and the relative atomic mass of the element is calculated using only the known abundances of the isotopes of the element.
- E.g. Copper exists as 2 naturally occurring isotopes, copper-63 and copper-65, which have a natural abundance of 75% and 25% respectively.
- Thus, the relative atomic mass of copper is (75/100 x 63) + (25/100 x 65) = 63.5
*** (Copper-63: natural abundance of 75%)
(Copper-65: natural abundance of 25%)
How is the mass of an element/compound calculated?
- Some elements, and all compounds exist as more than one atom.
- The mass of an element/a compound is calculated by adding up the relative atomic masses of all the atoms present in it.
What is the relative molecular mass?
- The relative molecular mass (Mr) is defined as the mass of a substance compared to 1/12 the mass of a carbon-12 atom.
Does the relative molecular mass have any units?
- No, just like relative atomic mass, relative molecular mass has no unit(s).
What is relative formula mass?
- Relative formula mass is the mass of an ionic compound, and it is similar to relative molecular mass, and it can be represented by Mr.
What is the Mr of 2 substances?
- Fluorine
Number of atoms in chemical formula:
- 2F atoms
Mr:
- 2 x 19 (proton number) = 38 - Magnesium oxide (Mgo)
Number of atoms in chemical formula:
- 1 Mg atom
- 1 O atom
Mr:
- 24 + 16 = 40
What is the percentage mass of an element in a compound?
- The percentage mass of an element in a compound can be calculated using the expression:
- (Number of atoms of elements x Ar of element/Mr of compound) x 100%
How can the percentage mass be calculated?
- The percentage mass can be calculated by using the masses of the element and compound.
- E.g. Mr of carbon dioxide:
12 + (2 x 16) = 44
Percentage mass of carbon in carbon dioxide:
(12/44) x 100% = 27.3%
Mass of carbon in 15g of carbon dioxide:
27.3% x 15 = 4.10 g
What is the mole?
- The mole is a form of measurement which is used to represent a fixed number of particles.
- E.g. One mole of a substance represents 6.02 x 10(square 23) particles, and this number is the Avogadro constant.
- Thus, one mole of different substance contains the same number of particles, and the particles can be atoms, molecules, ions, or electrons.
- E.g. An ionic compound consists of ions, while a covalent substance consists of atoms/molecules.